Caracterización tecnológica de los molinos de viento mediterráneos españoles
- Miguel Castro García 1
- José Ignacio Rojas Sola 1
- Mª del Pilar Carranza Cañadas 2
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Universidad de Jaén
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2
Universidad de Córdoba
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ISSN: 0012-7353
Año de publicación: 2013
Volumen: 80
Número: 177
Páginas: 22-30
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: DYNA: revista de la Facultad de Minas. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Medellín
Resumen
Since the Song Dynasty in the Middle East, around the twelfth century, the windmills have been protagonists in transforming wind energy to certain mechanical work such as water extraction or milling. Consequently, throughout history this kind of industrial heritage has been researched from various points of view, but not always from the point of view of engineering. After making an inventory of the 89 windmills, the followed methodology have been getting their 3D model, characterizing the wind and finishing with the mechanical study of their main functioning parameters. The result has been on the one hand, their suitability to work at low speeds producing high torque thanks to the exposed surface of the sails to the wind, and on the other hand, windmills of Cadiz and Huelva have a higher wind performance thanks to be better designed than those of Almería